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Rajasthan Cabinet approves new industrial development policy with focus on talent economy

Rajasthan Cabinet approves new industrial development policy with focus on talent economy

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma presided over the Cabinet meeting. File photo: X/@BhajanlalBjp via ANI The Rajasthan Cabinet on Friday (May 22, 2026) approved a new industrial development policy with the focus on talent economy and the private sector’s participation to establish a world-class industrial infrastructure in the State. The Cabinet also took decisions on energy production, water conservation and pensioners’ welfare. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma presided over the Cabinet meeting. Industries and Commerce Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore told journalists after the meeting that the new policy would provide incentives to micro, small, and medium enterprises, one district one product, and the export sector. “The State government will make special efforts to promote industries based on cutting-edge technologies, such as semiconductors, data centres, global capacity centres and defence manufacturing,” Col. Rathore said. The policy’s primary objective was to boost the State’s economy to $350 billion by 2028-29, he added. Apart from encouraging sectors like gems and jewellery, textiles, tourism, handicrafts, agro-processing, dairy and logistics, the policy would focus on research and development and …

Prohibitory orders imposed in Dehradun industrial area following labour unrest

Prohibitory orders imposed in Dehradun industrial area following labour unrest

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The Dehradun district administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Selaqui and SIDCUL industrial area on Sunday (May 17, 2026), a day after a protest by labourers over wages and overtime-related issues allegedly turned violent. Additional District Magistrate (Administration) Krishna Kumar Mishra issued the prohibitory orders to maintain law and order following instructions from Dehradun District Magistrate Savin Bansal. Workers at major industrial units in the area launched protests on Friday evening (May 15, 2026), demanding a wage hike from their respective managements. The protesting workers blocked roads and allegedly pelted stones, prompting police to register a First Information Report (FIR) and subsequently take several protesters into custody. According to an official statement, the prohibitory orders ban individuals from carrying weapons, lathis, sticks, swords, or lethal objects in the areas. It prohibits the collection or storage of bricks, stones, and materials that can be used for violence. Protesters cannot hold slogan-shouting events, public meetings, rallies, or demonstrations without prior official permission, officials said. The administration has restricted …

U.P. CM announces wage reform, warns industrial unrest will harm progress

U.P. CM announces wage reform, warns industrial unrest will harm progress

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hands over certificate to a laborer during the inauguration of the Shramveer Gaurav Samaroh-2026, in Lucknow on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (May 1, 2026) said the Labour Department has been instructed to form a new wage board and ensure that all workers, particularly those employed in industries with 10 or more employees, receive equitable wages. Addressing the ‘Shramveer Gaurav Samaroh 2026’ on International Labour Day in Lucknow, he said industry and labour were interdependent. “If industry advances, workers will also advance; and if workers thrive, industries will flourish swiftly. Additionally, efforts are under way in collaboration with insurance companies and entrepreneurs to offer free annual health insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh to workers in industrial regions, facilitating treatment in approved hospitals,” he said. Published – May 02, 2026 04:50 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the …

Amit Shah targets Mamata govt, pledges industrial revival and youth employment in Kulti rally

Amit Shah targets Mamata govt, pledges industrial revival and youth employment in Kulti rally

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the West Bengal Assembly polls a chance “to make the state free of infiltrators” and promised one lakh jobs for youths each year based on merit if the BJP won the election. Speaking in Kulti, he said the BJP would restore the industrial glory of the country’s iron ore production hub. “Kulti used to be the hub of iron ore production, but the Mamata Banerjee government has brought it to its knees. We will take the iron city back to its glory, stop illegal mining, impose effective bans on the pollution-creating sponge iron production and create job opportunities,” Shah said. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tamil Nadu election 2026: Industrial pollution remains unsolved in Ranipet constituency

Tamil Nadu election 2026: Industrial pollution remains unsolved in Ranipet constituency

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Areas like VOC Nagar, Mukundarayapuram, and Agravaram villages are the nearest habitations to the now-defunct chromium factory in Ranipet. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement More than 30 years after the closure of the defunct chromium factory of the Tamil Nadu Chromate and Chemicals Limited (TCCL) in the SIPCOT complex near Collectorate office in Ranipet town, the spacious factory and the tonnes of uncleared hexavalent chromium wastes still remains a key point of discussion among voters in the Ranipet Assembly constituency. Established in 1975, TCCL aimed to provide key raw material requirements for leather tannery units in Ranipet, Ambur, Pernambut, and Vaniyambadi in the undivided Vellore district. The factory also provided jobs for local youth. Published – April 08, 2026 05:30 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

J&K govt working on bringing a new industrial incentive policy: CM Omar

J&K govt working on bringing a new industrial incentive policy: CM Omar

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Flagging the issue of lack of investments and establishment of industrial units in Jammu and Kashmir, chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said government is working on bringing a new industrial incentive policy in the Union Territory, after the previous incentive policy expired in September last year. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. (File) Omar, who inaugurated the “Know Your Artisan” programme at Kashmir Haat in Srinagar, told reporters that government is going to consult people who have already established industries and also those who intend to establish the units. “We are working on bringing a new (industrial) incentive policy. We want the policy to work in a real sense. Otherwise even when we provide the incentives from the top but on ground it yields no benefit. Investment is not coming and the factories are not getting established,” Omar said. He said that the industries and commerce department is trying to know about the experience of those who established their units. “How was their experience?. What changes they would want in our policy?. …

Why Mumbai Still Stops to Honor the 71 Firefighters Who Perished in the City’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster

Why Mumbai Still Stops to Honor the 71 Firefighters Who Perished in the City’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster

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Starting April 14, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) started the Fire Service Week, an annual week-long campaign that will focus on drives and demonstrations towards raising awareness about fire safety measures in Mumbai. Alongside the MFB, this campaign will be observed by as many as 2,561 fire stations across the country since the week is also nationally known to be ‘Fire Service Week’. However, the origin of this date goes back to a dreaded April 14 afternoon back in 1944, when two back-to-back explosions rocked the entire island city of Mumbai (Bombay). What followed was a firefighting operation that went on for three days, claiming 476 lives. The Bombay dock explosions In February 1944, when the Second World War was at its peak, the British freighter SS Fort Strikine had sailed from England as part of a naval convoy comprising 20 ships. The convoy was heading to Asian waters to load itself with ammunition and supplies for carrying out a strike against the Japanese forces. Besides ammunition and explosives, the frigate also had gold bars …

DM Warns Contractors of Blacklisting as Wage Protests Spread Across 5 Industrial Hubs

DM Warns Contractors of Blacklisting as Wage Protests Spread Across 5 Industrial Hubs

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2 min readNew DelhiApr 15, 2026 10:10 AM IST The Noida workers’ protest, which entered its third day, prompted Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam to issue a stern warning to outsourcing agencies and contractors, cautioning them against any unruly behaviour by workers. She said strict action, including blacklisting and licence cancellation, would be taken in case of violations. This comes after violence erupted in Noida’s industrial belt on Monday as thousands of factory workers protesting for better wages and working conditions clashed with police, hurled stones, vandalised vehicles and set several on fire. Chairing a meeting with outsourcing agencies and contractors, Roopam said, “All contractors must ensure 100 per cent adherence to government guidelines. If any unruly behaviour is exhibited by an agency, or by any of its employees or workers, the agency itself shall be held jointly responsible and in such instances, the agency may be blacklisted, and proceedings for the cancellation of its licence may be initiated.” Referring to the revised minimum wage rates prescribed by the state government, she said …

‘Totally illegal’: Owner of Gurgaon’s French Farms says industrial park blocked main gate with unlawful wall | Delhi News

‘Totally illegal’: Owner of Gurgaon’s French Farms says industrial park blocked main gate with unlawful wall | Delhi News

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An 83-year-old Frenchman who has been running a popular organic farm in Gurgaon district for more than three decades has alleged that an industrial park and warehousing company has erected an illegal cement wall along one side of his three-acre property, entirely blocking its main gate and cutting off all access through it. Roger Langbour, a retired French Air Force officer who has run French Farms with his wife Anita Sinha Langbour since purchasing the land in 1994, has alleged that the wall came up suddenly on March 8, and is intended to force him to sell the property. Langbour has alleged sustained harassment from the warehousing company, Horizon Industrial Parks, for the past three years. He has taken up the matter with the local administration, and alleges that police and village officials have not acted effectively on his complaints. “They (the company) want to take my land, it is totally illegal. They want to force me to sell, but I won’t [sell] at any price [to them],” Langbour told The Indian Express. However, he …

Mojtaba’s ‘toxic’ revenge: Iran strikes Israel’s Beersheba industrial zone, triggers giant blaze

Mojtaba’s ‘toxic’ revenge: Iran strikes Israel’s Beersheba industrial zone, triggers giant blaze

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Published on Mar 30, 2026 01:09 am IST Iran’s latest retaliation turned Beersheba’s Neot Hovav industrial zone into a toxic firestorm, with ballistic missiles punching into chemical plants a day after Israel boasted of striking the Arak heavy‑water complex and a unique uranium facility in Yazd. As hazmat teams scrambled and residents were ordered indoors, the IDF insisted its multi‑front offensive, from Lebanon to deep inside Iran, was “well‑coordinated” with U.S. forces and had “severely damaged” Tehran’s nuclear chain. But in the Jordanian desert, “Dena revenge” drones slammed Azraq base, and IRGC commanders vowed that any U.S. ground invasion would feed troops to Gulf sharks.ustantimes   News / Videos / Mojtaba’s ‘toxic’ revenge: Iran strikes Israel’s Beersheba industrial zone, triggers giant blaze Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link